Census work force voices for higher pay and fair treatment
Census Supervisor Oliver met with Superintendent Porter in Washington to press for better pay for enumerators and to push a bill authorizing $3 per day where earnings were low. The report notes undercounting in Pittsburgh area wards, scrutiny of missed homes, and objections from local manufacturers to intrusive questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Washington
Porter
Mr. Oliver
Washington City
Treasury
Census Bureau
Congress
Abergheny
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh Iron and Steel Firms Face Census Inquiries
Iron and steel manufacturers in Pittsburg face a flood of Census Department questions. Superintendent Porter plans a 12 item sheet covering broad industry details. Dr. W M Sweet leads the inquiry, seen as too intrusive and not helpful to the public or to makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Charles
Nrtworks
Allegheny
Porter
Frank B. Smith
Smith Bros
Ing
A. M. Byers
Iron and Steel
Pittsburg
United States
W. M. Sweet
Philadelphia
Allegheny Prepares for Fiftieth Birthday Celebration
Allegheny plans a grand fiftieth birthday on July 17 1890 with a daytime procession city lights music and illuminating displays. The Semi Centennial Committee has 25000 in city funds and invites notable state convention figures and Pittsburg officials for a multi section program in parks halls and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Fire
Water
Police
Boy Knocked Down by Cobblestone Attacker
John Kelly a foundry worker for McConway Torley & Co on Forty-eighth street confronted a man abusing fi ad yesterday afternoon. Kelly warned him to back off and the man fled after the assault. Kelly, praised as a good man for a boy, knocked the assailant down twice before the attacker struck him with a cobblestone hitting the chin and causing a severe cut. The suspect escaped. name not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelly
McConway, Torley & Co
Forty-eighth Street
Kelly
Pittsburg Councilaries Back Electric Wires Plan
The Councils Committee on Corporations voted to push ordinances granting Duquesne Electric Light and Power and Diamond Light Company rights to lay wires and conduits in city streets. The proposals foreshadow extensive competition with Allegheny County Electric Light and possible underground wiring shifts. Promoters include Ferguson and Magee links, with local figures seeing major impact on lighting, power, and street railway operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne Electric Light and Power Company
Pittsburg
Diamond Light Company
First Ward
Dauquesne Electric Light and Power Company
Duquesne Traction Company
Duquesne Ordinance
Jenney Electric Light
Monongahela
Duquesne Traction
Thompson-Houston
Allegheny County Electric Light Company
Allegheny County Company
Brush
Westinghouse
Thompson-Honaton
The
Electric Power and Light Company
Diamond Street
Smithfield
Edison
Duquesne
Westinghouse Gas
Allegheny County Electric Lighting Company
Westinghouse Electric Light Company
Philadelphia Gas Company
Allegheny County
Diamond Company
George S. Fleming
Joseph Fleming & Son
DC. L. Magee
William Flinn
New
Duquesne Electric Company
C. L. Magee
W. A. Magee
Fourteenth Ward
Diamond
Dugquesne Company
Fitch Avenue
Penn Avenue
Grant Street
New York
Mesne Jon Company
Magee
Andrew CG. Robertson
Committee On
Corporations
Robertson
Accidents Along The Day After The Fourth
A series of injuries and fatalities followed the Fourth, with W N Mase a baggage master for the Pittsburgh Virginia and Charleston line thrown from a baggage car at Ormsby station and severely injured. Albert Brennan fractured his right leg at Homestead mill after a scaffold fall. Joseph Howard died at Homeopathic Hospital aged 65 after a work accident on Boyd's Hill. James Greve crushed by a Rebecca Streetcar on Chartiers Street. George A Sandburg fell 30 feet from a duct trestle bridge in Allegheny and is not expected to live. Walter Sitver died from injuries after an explosion involving firecrackers and powder. An article notes other mishaps including a man struck by metal at Shoenberger's mill and two workers burned at Edgar Thomson Furnace D. Matthew McCormick was shot in the leg by a stray Flobert rifle bullet. Mrs Helen Murphy of Braddock fell at Linden station and was injured but not badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Msse
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Ormsby Station
Mase
Albert Brennan
Homestead Mill
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Howard
Homeopathic Hospital
Howard
Boyd’s Hill
Water Street
James Greve
Chartiers Street
Rebecca
George A. Sandburg
Allegheny
Walter Sitver
Armstrong
Valley Road
Anton Scodeck
Shoenberger
Penn Avenue
Dan Scanlon
Pat Hiland
Edgar Thomson
Matthew McCormick
Preble and
Stanton Avenues
Alleheny
Flobert
Helen Murphy
Braddock
Linden Station
Second Avenue
Steubenville Felonious Assault Suspect Collared in City
Squire Love of Steubenville Ohio arrived seeking Thomas Ross on a felonious assault charge against his wife. Ross allegedly beat the woman with knucklers, injuring her severely. Love and Detective Beadle located and arrested Ross, who had been staying at No 1 Bedford Avenue and worked as a driver for James McKibben before heading back to Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Love
Steubenville
Thomas Ross
Ross
Squire
Beadle
James McKibben
Bedford Avenue
Richard Sloan
Bluff Street
Magee Street
Reilly
Marie
Woman Arrested After July Dispute in Allegheny
Mr. Caterall of Allegheny charged Mrs. Kelly with disorderly conduct on the Fourth of July. The prosecutor and defendant live in the same house. Lieutenant Alexander responded to the scene as Mrs. Kelly scratched him and fought for an hour before being placed in lockup for a morning hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Caterall
Allegheny
Mrs. Kelly
Alexander
Flint Association Delegates Sail to Baltimore for Labor Day Convention
Delegates from 19 local unions plus groups from Jenne tte Tarentum Blairsville Hulton Uniontown Butler Phillipsburg New Brighton Beaver Falls Washington and other towns travel by train to Baltimore for the American Flint Glass Workers Convention. The Green Bottle Blowers and Green Pressers League also meet in Baltimore this week. The 1890 convention promises large attendance with reports from President Smith and Secretary Dillon. The opening features a parade and remarks from Governor Jackson and Mayor Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Flint Glass Workers
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Pittsburg
Jeannette
Tarentum
Blairsville
Hulton
Uniontown
Butler
Phillipsburg
New Brighton
Beaver Falls
Washington
Green Bottle Blowers
Green Pressers’ League
Utah House
The
Flints
Smith
Dillon
Jackson
Maryland
Davidson
Mudd
American Enterprise forms boats for Magdalen River
Mr. P. J. Ingoldsby of Allegheny organized Empressa Americana to navigate the Magdalen River between Barranquilla and Neiva South America. Two stern-wheelers are under construction at Slack & Shores yards, one steel and one wood. Ingoldsby plans to travel to South America in October, returning in January to oversee partial assembly and shipment of the vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Ingoldsby
Allegheny
Magdalen River
Barrenquilla
Neiva
South America
Slack & Shores
Tugoldsby
Labor Day plans discussed by Building Trades Council
The Building Trades Council met at 537 Smithfield Street and welcomed new delegates. The group initiated plans for a public Labor Day demonstration in Pittsburgh and instructed Secretary Williamson to circulate invitations to Western Pennsylvania labor organizations. A committee may be formed at the next meeting to handle arrangements if responses are favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buallding Trades Council
Building Trades Council
Smithfield Street
Last
Wight
Pittsburg
Williamson
Pennsylvania
Quay Predicts Delamater Victory and Barclay Move
Senator Quay met with supporters at the Seventh Avenue Hotel and discussed state politics. He forecast Delamater's election and predicted Barclay would resign if elected Secretary of Internal Affairs, while noting mixed sentiment in the oil counties and skepticism about Pattison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay
Benaton M
Quay
Seventh Avenue
Washington
McKean
United States
Lyon
W. Heed
The
Americas
Pattison
House
Delamater
Americas Republican Club Endorses State Ticket
The Americas Club held its regular meeting with President H. S. Paul presiding. Resolutions endorsed Speaker Reed and the Federal election bill, and supported the Republican State Convention platform and its candidates including Senator Delamater. A five member committee was appointed to coordinate Western Pennsylvania campaign setup with County and Young Men's Republican Tariff Club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Americas Club
H. S. Paul
Reed
Senator Delamater
Youn Men's Republican Tariff Club
Dalzell
Gentral
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
W. H. Andrews
Thinks He Can Be Beaten by Democrats in Congress Race
B E Umbell a Uniontown lawyer says Colonel Andy Stewart is beatable for Congress if Democrats unify and nominate a strong candidate. He doubts Stewart can carry Greene and Fayette counties while Greene Republicans, upset by Ray’s convention treatment, may back a revived Democratic majority. He describes Ewing faction maneuvers that produced Stewart’s nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Umbell
Uniontown
Pittsburg
Andy Stewart
Congress
Greene
Fayette
Ray
Ewing
Acheson
Nomines
Bailey
Stewart
Washington
No Disaffection in the East Says Colonel Lockhart
Colonel John Lockhart chief clerk in the State Department at Harrisburg visited the city yesterday. He said only Allegheny county shows any dissatisfaction over Delamater's nomination. In the East the people are satisfied and he predicts an overwhelming ticket victory. He asserts Pattison is not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lockhart
State Department
Harrisburg
Delamater
Allegheny County
Pattison
Not Fond of Girls in Rochester Case of Child Cruelty
Mrs. Mary Lippert told Humane Society agent O Brien that she faced desertion by her husband Michael Lippert and later clashed with his mother Margaret Hesh on a Rochester farm. After measles struck at St Pauls Asylum and in the farm home, Lippert fought to care for her two younger children while authorities pursued warrants naming Hesh and another person for cruelty and neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Mary Lippert
O’ Brien
The
Humane Society
Lippert
Michael Lippert
Ohio
Allegheny
St. Paul's Orphan Asylum
Tannehill Street
Pittsburg
Margaret Hesb
Mrs. Lippert
Dr. Bower
Mrs. Hesh
Notorious thief McNally arrested after string of daytime robberies
One of the nation’s famed sneak thieves, Owen McNally alias Steel, was arrested by Detectives Robison and Shore at 64 Second Avenue. He had robbed multiple houses in a single afternoon, including Dr Wylie on Penn Avenue and Dr Swentzell nearby, and stolen fabric from Edmunds. McNally previously served eight years for jewelry theft from Mrs Mashey and Mrs Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen McNally
Steel
Robinson and
Shore
Second Avenue
First District
O'Mara
McNally
G. Mashey
W. W. Thompson
Penn Avenue
Sadie Samuels
Mra
National Tube Works Refuses Signature on Amalgamated Scale
National Tube Works Company refused to sign the Amalgamated scale while agreeing to terms same as last year and seeking not to affix signatures. President Weihe traveled to McKeesport for a conference with the mill committee. The arrangement will follow last year’s terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tube Works Company
Amalgamated
Weihe
McKeesport
Mill
Popular Music in Allegheny Organ Recital Draws Hundreds
Hundreds attended a free organ recital at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon with fine vocal numbers and strong public praise. Magistrate Succop jailed Frank Rodgers for 30 days for cruelty and neglect of his five children after prior warnings by Agent Dean of the Anti Cruelty Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Succop
Frank Rodgers
Rodgers
West End
Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Striking Boiler Makers Hope for Settlement After NY Meeting
None of the boiler manufacturers have granted the workers demands. A committee of strikers met with firms yesterday but received no encouraging reports. Attending manufacturers from New York are due home tomorrow and a settlement is believed possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alleged Musicians Detained by Officer Canning Near Bare Foot Square
Allegheny police officer Canning interrupted a nighttime gathering near Bare Foot square last evening. Several men singing unusual songs were taken to the lockup and registered as Joseph McShay, Thomas Conners, BE Cullen, Harry Jackson, Pat Nevin and A H Kirkwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officer Canning
Allegheny
Bare Foot Square
Joseph McShay
Thomas Conners
BE. Cullen
Harry Jackson
Pat Nevin
A. H. Kirkwood
Bob Robinson Fishing Club Plans Moor Headville Trip
The Bob Robinson Fishing Club departs tomorrow for a month long stay at Moor Headville, 12 miles above Erie. About 49 members will participate in the excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Robinson Fishing Club
Moorheadville
Erie
Lost Boy Elmer Rodgers Reported Missing in Millvale
Yesterday afternoon eight year old Elmer Rodgers was reported missing at the Seven teenth ward station. His parents live in Millvale and he wore a Jersey coat striped pants and a broad brimmed hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Rodgers
Millvale
Seventeenth Ward
What People Are Doing Some Who Travel Some Who Do Not
A jolly party travels to Cheat River reserve under Mr. C. C. Scaffe of Allegheny with W. W. Warner Losa Cal Harry Regis ter Philadelphia and others. E J Kirby and P A McCarthy depart tonight for Minneapolis to settle there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheat River Reserve
C. C. Scaffe
Allegheny
Cheat River Association
W. W. Warner
Losa
Cal
Harry Register
Philadelphia
J. V. Scaifo
D Byers
William 5. Scaife
C. C. Scaifo
E. J. Kirby
P. A. McCarthy
Minneapolis
Fire at Forbes Street home burns family. loss estimated
A fire in Mrs. Ellen Murphy’s Forbes street residence in the Fourteenth ward badly burned the occupants as the roof and rear portion were consumed. Firemen extinguished the flames after the family fled, with preliminary losses placed around several hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Murphy
Forbes Street
Fourteenth Ward
Dr B M Hawna ENT Practice Noted in Pittsburg
A medical notice announces Dr. B M Hawna specializing in ear nose and throat diseases at 720 Peon Street in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The text emphasizes exclusive focus on ENT care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Hawna
Peon Street
Pittsburg
S&su
Also Mentioned on This Page
OUR Iron Manufacturers
Reiog
Allegheny City
Allerheny
South Meilon Street
East End
J. 8. Pollock
Ad. P. Packer
Lewis Hartman
George A. Merrit
J. G. Dugan
James Lamont
Oliver Wickline
Wickline Avenue
Sakae
Brown & Co
Steel Works
Tenth Street
Dr. Sweet
Iron and Steel Association
Swank
William Fisher
Smallman Street
Europe
Zog & Co
Zog
Jarvis, Adams & Co
Sus
MR. Porter
Macintosh
Macintosh & Hemphill
Hoe
Agnivet 2 Mas
Kenyon Military Academy
Gambler
H. N. Hills
Monongahela House
Duquesne Company
Councils
Arlington Avenue Street Railway Company
Bradford and Ninth Street Railway Company
Jane Street Railway Company
McKain Street Railway Company
Southside
Ross Street
South First Street
Greenfield Avenue Railway Company
Greenfield Avenue
Lytle Aven
Knoxville Street Railway Company
Scheule Fark and Postoffice Rence Company
Joaeph Doward
Plitaburg
Gallinger’s
Penn Ave
Nsu
Pittsburg Water Proof Co
Liberty Street
American Glass Workers
Flint Association
Western Bottle Blowers
BOATS
Pitsburg
MR. Quay
Indorsed
the Americas Republican Club
Democrats
Cinima Good Man
Coleonel Stewart
Colonel Lockhart
Margaret Hesh
Objects OF Charity
James Bell
William Jones
Twelfth Ward
Desault
Leslie
Bell
Jones
Brussels
Roger van Usen
Confederat
Homestead
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Scuucumay & Co
B. Ing Grocer
B. &Co
Franklin Haut
Mwwfsu
A. G. Camper
Fifth Ave
India
Hueus & Hacke
Trasa
Carnace
Guo
John Cosby
Soho Street
Kirkpatrick Street
Bagley
Eleventh Ward
Pitesira’s
Wood St
Edward
Gruetzinger
Sic
London
Saeeneren
Iaciety
BIBER
Sos
Market Street
Marshell
Galvin
Ohio Street
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